propitius

Latin

Etymology

From pro- plus an element possibly derived from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”), so that the original meaning was "falling or rushing forward", hence "eager, well-disposed". Compare Ancient Greek προπετής (propetḗs, “inclined forward”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proˈpi.ti.us/, [prɔˈpɪt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈpit.t͡si.us/, [proˈpit̪ː͡s̪ius]

Adjective

propitius (feminine propitia, neuter propitium); first/second-declension adjective

1. favorable, well-disposed, kind
2. propitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	propitius	propitia	propitium		propitiī	propitiae	propitia
genitive	propitiī	propitiae	propitiī		propitiōrum	propitiārum	propitiōrum
dative	propitiō	propitiae	propitiō		propitiīs
accusative	propitium	propitiam	propitium		propitiōs	propitiās	propitia
ablative	propitiō	propitiā	propitiō		propitiīs
vocative	propitie	propitia	propitium		propitiī	propitiae	propitia

Derived terms

• propitiō

Descendants

• → English: propitious
• → Italian: propizio
• → French: propice
• → Catalan: propici
• → Portuguese: propício
• → Romanian: propice
• → Spanish: propicio

References

• “propitius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “propitius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• propitius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• propitius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the favour of heaven: dei propitii (opp. irati)
    
• “propitious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.